Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.9
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
21861
Points per Word
0.000183
Page Count
94
Points per Page
0.042553
Description
Descriptions of fourteen historic journeys convey how some of the greatest explorers in history, including Marco Polo and Neil Armstrong, plunged into the unknown and boldly pieced together the picture of the world we have today.